chasing fame and fortune

 

Pause 

to consider 

the widespread degree 

to which people prefer chasing 

fame and fortune to refining their 

understanding of the Way. The evidence 

is that status and riches make people 

more insecure and frantic, 

not less, but do 

they examine 

this?

 

 

The wise 

person does,

and acts accordingly. 

She divests herself of unnecessary 

possessions and abandons frenetic activity. 

With her quiet mind and untroubled 

heart, she is at home anywhere 

in the universe wearing 

a patched 

robe.

 

 

Wei wu Wei Ching, Chapter 53

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to the future

 

It would be

understandable, this week,

if you looked around and decided that

the world as we know it is wholly irredeemable.

It would be understandable if you were tempted to give up hope.

If the present feels too awful to bear, it can be helpful to look to the past

or the future instead. There’s wisdom to be found in history; there’s

hope to be found in the futures that don’t exist, but might

someday. This isn’t a means of escapism, but

way  to find the strength to

keep going.

 

move forward together